“Hands of worship: A conversation with a pastor for the deaf”
Read a Sept. 14, 2013, story from Mid-Missouri Public Radio about a Baptist church in Jefferson City, Mo., that holds services for the deaf.
Faith: Christianity
“Half of evangelicals believe prayer can heal mental illness”
A Sept. 17, 2013, article details the findings of a LifeWay Research survey on Americans’ beliefs about mental illness and the role of faith in curing it.
“How does it work? A crash course on the Southern Baptist Convention”
Towers Online, the news service of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, has a primer about the SBC and its annual meeting.
“About One-in-Six Americans Are Baptist”
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has a graphic showing that one in six Americans are Baptists. The graphic breaks that figure down by the various Baptist denominations.
“Southern Baptists look for cures to stagnation”
Read a June 10, 2009, Religion News Service story, “Southern Baptists look for cures to stagnation.”
“Southern Baptist Decline and God’s Bottom Line”
Read a Dec. 22, 2008, post by David Waters, editor of the “On Faith” site of The Washington Post, crunching the numbers and analyzing the SBC downturn.
“The Next Big Southern Baptist Debate: Purging the Membership Rolls”
Read a June 12, 2008, blog post at Christianity Today about the previous SBC convention, and the disputes over numbers and membership rolls. Ted Olsen lists several statistics chronicling the downturn.
“Help Wanted – Seminary president of the future”
Read an Oct. 7, 2012 article in The Methodist Reporter by the outgoing president of Claremont School of Theology, Jerry D. Campbell.